A study that is intended to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of medications or medical devices by monitoring their effects on large groups of people. Studies may be conducted by government health agencies (such as the National Institutes of Health [NIH]), researchers affiliated with hospital or university medical programs, independent research [..]

A type of research study that tests how well new medical approaches work in people. These studies test new methods of screening, prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a disease. Also called clinical [..]

A study performed to investigate the safety or efficacy of a medicine. For human medicines, these studies are carried out in human volunteers.

Also called a research study, a clinical trial is designed to test an intervention, treatment or new approach. Clinical trials may compare a new treatment to a treatment that is already available.

See Interventional Study.

A research program conducted with patients to evaluate a new medical treatment, drug or device.

A scientifically designed study of the effects of a drug, vaccine, biologic, or behavior in humans. The goal is to define the safety, the benefit, and side effects of the drug. Most countries require [..]

A study to determine whether a treatment is safe and effective. It is carried out with a sample of patients, usually after laboratory studies and studies with healthy volunteers have been conducted. T [..]

Any investigation in human subjects intended to determine the clinical pharmacological, pharmacokinetic, and/or other pharmacodynamic effects of an investigational agent, and/or to identify any adverse reactions to an investigational agent to assess the agent's safety and efficacy.

testing a system in a clinical setting; that is, in a hospital, clinic, doctor’s office, etc. User testing and feature testing in such an environment has special limitations, especially because of the [..]

In medical research, a study that is carried out with human participants, as opposed to one that relies on animal models or in vitro experiments. Before new medical treatments reach clinical trials, t [..]

Research studies of the preventative or therapeutic effectiveness and/or safety of a treatment or medicine. Usually evaluated by intra-group or inter-person comparison. If no current treatment or drug [..]

The process by which new drugs are tested in humans; involve multiple stages and rounds (stage I-III); results are used for seeking approval from government agencies that permit drugs to be sold to th [..]

A research study conducted at a hospital, university, physician's office, community clinic, or other medical facility in which human subjects answer specific health questions, usually about preve [..]

A research study that tests how well new medical treatments or other interventions work in people. Each study is designed to test new methods of screening, prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a dis [..]

A carefully designed investigation of the effects of a drug, medical treatment, or device on a group of subjects.

A clinical trial is conducted for the evaluation of the safety and efficacy of a drug in humans.

Tests of drugs, diagnostics and other health interventions in human volunteers conducted to generate safety and efficacy data.

A type of research study that tests how well new medical approaches work in people. These studies test new methods of screening, prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a disease. Also called clinical study.

A study of the effects of a drug in people.

A research study in which one or more human subjects are prospectively assigned to one or more interventions (which may include placebo or other control) to evaluate the effects of those interventions [..]

Medical research undertaken with informed and consenting human subjects in a controlled environment. The intent of a clinical trial is for the sponsoring company or research institution to gather info [..]

A research study involving human volunteers. The study is designed to answer specific questions concerning the effectiveness of a drug, treatment, or diagnostic method, or to improve patients’ quality of life.

Clinical trial means a scientifically designed and executed inquiry on the effects of a drug administered to human volunteers. Clinical trials are performed by a small number of highly qualified inves [..]

A contract to test drugs, devices, or other controlled substances for Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approval.  Most Clinical Trials are focused on generating safety and efficacy data for use in an FDA approval process.  Clinical trials usually involve the use of human or animal subjects.

A clinical trial is a prospective biomedical or behavioral research study of human subjects that is designed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions (drugs, treatment [..]

A scientifically controlled study carried out in people, usually to test the effectiveness of a new treatment.

An investigative process under the jurisdiction of the FDA whereby device or medicine manufacturers sponsor experiments on people for the purpose of proving or disproving that the device or medicine performs as expected.

A study that tests a therapy in humans, rather than in laboratories or on animals.

Research conducted with volunteer patients, usually to evaluate a new treatment under strictly controlled conditions. Each trial is designed to answer scientific questions and to find better ways to t [..]

An NHS based research trial that has local research and ethical approval and is registered by a non-commercial organisation such as the Medical Research Council or UKCCR. Any side effects or complicat [..]

A type of research study that uses volunteers to test new methods of screening, prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a disease. The trial may be carried out in a clinic or other medical facility. Al [..]

A clinical trial is a scientifically constructed investigation of a treatment (e.g. medication) that involves patient volunteers. Some clinical trials involve a mixture of healthy people and patients [..]

Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry Clinical trial: Studies of safety and efficacy of a drug, device, or therapy on human beings. There are four clinical trial phases:

an intervention trial generally used to evaluate the efficacy and/or safety of a treatment or intervention in human participants.

Work that is the Report of a pre-planned clinical study of the Safety, efficacy, or optimum dosage schedule of one or more diagnostic, Therapeutic, or prophylactic Drugs, devices, or techniques in Hum [..]

Work that is the Report of a pre-planned, usually controlled, clinical study of the Safety and efficacy of diagnostic, Therapeutic, or prophylactic Drugs, devices, or techniques based on a small numbe [..]

Work that is a Report of a pre-planned, usually controlled, clinical study of the Safety and efficacy of diagnostic, Therapeutic, or prophylactic Drugs, devices, or techniques based on several hundred [..]

Work that is a Report of a pre-planned, usually controlled, clinical study of the Safety and efficacy of diagnostic, Therapeutic, or prophylactic Drugs, devices, or techniques after phase II trials. A [..]

Work that is a Report of a planned post-Marketing study of diagnostic, Therapeutic, or prophylactic Drugs, devices, or techniques that have been approved for general sale after clinical trials, phases [..]

A research study that determines whether a new drug (or other intervention) is both safe and effective for humans. People volunteer to participate in clinical trials (also called interventional studies) to help find better ways to treat, prevent, diagnose, and understand human disease. Clinical trials are conducted in “phases.” Results from Phase 1 [..]

A prospective controlled or uncontrolled research study evaluating the effects of one or more health-related interventions assigned to human participants.

A study conducted using patients, usually to evaluate a new treatment.

a research study using human volunteers to answer specific health questions. The clinical trials of the Salk vaccine used three groups: one received the vaccine, one received a placebo (harmless subst [..]

A type of research study that tests how well new medical approaches work in people. These studies test new methods of screening, prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a disease. Also called clinical study.

A clinical trial is a research study to answer specific questions about vaccines or new therapies or new ways of using known treatments. Clinical trials (also called medical research and research stud [..]

a research study or experiment in humans (as opposed to animals) that is designed to answer specific questions.

 A clinical trial is a research study to answer specific questions about vaccines or new therapies or new ways of using known treatments. Clinical trials (also called medical research and research studies) are used to determine whether new drugs or treatments are both safe and effective    

A study (experiment) in humans that evaluates a diagnostic or therapeutic product. Typically clinical studies go through Phase I (safety), Phase II (initial efficacy and dosing), and Phase III (large scale studies assessing both safety and efficacy and may represent a pivotal study that provides the evidence to file a New Drug Application for drug [..]

Research studies that involve people. Each study tries to answer scientific questions and find better ways to prevent or treat disease.

 A research study in which people help doctors to find better ways of treating a disease, for example by investigating the effects of a new treatment or aspect of care

A carefully planned study that evaluates the benefits and risks of treatments and screening tests on humans. Also called research studies or medical research, clinical trials help establish the safety and effectiveness of new drugs or treatments.

 A research study that tests how well new medical treatments or other interventions work in people. Each study is designed to test new methods of screening, prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a disease.

A study evaluating the effectiveness and safety of medications or medical devices by monitoring their effects on large groups of people.

A clinical trial is a research study designed to answer specific questions about a drug, therapy, vaccine or another new way of treating, curing or preventing a disease, illness or other disorder. Als [..]

a study to evaluate the effectiveness of newly designed treatments.

An experiment to compare the effects of two or more healthcare interventions. Clinical trial is an umbrella term for a variety of designs of healthcare trials, including uncontrolled trials, controlled trials, and randomised controlled trials.Also called: Intervention study

A systematic study on pharmaceutical products in human subjects (including patients and other volunteers) in order to discover or verify the effects of and/or identify any adverse reaction to investig [..]

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a research study involving human volunteers to evaluate new ways to prevent, diagnose, manage, or treat medical problems or diseasesclot

a scientifically controlled study done with human subjects to investigate the effectiveness, safety and ideal dosage of a new drug or treatment.

Research study that tests a new treatment in people or compares two or more existing treatments.

A type of research study that tests how well new medical approaches work in people. These studies test new methods of screening, prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a disease.

A research study of new treatment that involves patients. Each study is designed to find better ways to prevent, detect, diagnose, or treat cancer and to answer scientific questions. Control group

A research study to evaluate new methods of screening, prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of cancer

A research study that tests new and better treatments to improve people’s health.

A clinical trial is a research study that finds new ways to prevent, diagnose or treat cancer. These treatments investigate promising new drugs, drug combinations, new approaches to surgery, chemother [..]

A research study that directly involves a particular person or group of people. Clinical trials are one type of clinical research that follow a pre-defined plan, and seek to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions (drugs, treatments, devices, or new ways of using them). Ultimately, they will determine whether interven [..]

a scientifically controlled study done with human subjects to investigate the effectiveness, safety and ideal dosage of a new drug or treatment.